1971–72 season | |||
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President | Ivanoe Fraizzoli | ||
Manager | Giovanni Invernizzi | ||
Stadium | San Siro | ||
Serie A | 5th | ||
Coppa Italia | 3rd | ||
European Cup | Runners-up | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Roberto Boninsegna (22) All: Boninsegna (34) | ||
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During the 1971–72 season Football Club Internazionale competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and 1971–72 European Cup.
Summary
An ageing squad collapsed in League to the 5th position clinching a UEFA spot for the next year.
In European Cup the club after 4 years returned back to the highest continental tournament. In eightfinals the team played against German side Borussia Mönchengladbach, the first leg of the series was a bizarre event. In the seventh minute the Germans score the first thanks to Jupp Heynckes. Twelve minutes later Forward Roberto Boninsegna scored the draw, however few minutes later Ulrik le Fevre made the 2-1.[1]
At minute 29, Boninsegna on the field side was hit by a Coca-Cola can and felt down over the grass. The squad included head coach Invernizzi, asked the Dutch referee Jef Dorpmans the suspension of the match. [2][3]
Invernizzi replaced Boninsegna, according to the Inter medical staff.[4] The Dutch referee ordered the match to be played and in the next 60 minutes the Germans score 5 times thanks to the permisssivness by Inter; [5].
Few days later, UEFA anulled the match, rescheduling on 1 December 1971 at Berlin, a neutral venue. Finally, Inter advanced to the quarterfinals after a 4-2 won at San Siro, and a 0-0 score on the replay. The Neroazzurro clinched the 1972 European Cup Final only to be defeated by Johan Cruijff's Ajax with a 0-2 score.
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In | |||
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Pos. | Name | To | Type |
DF | Graziano Bini | ||
MF | Evert Skoglund | ||
FW | Roberto Dioni | ||
FW | Giampiero Ghio |
Out | |||
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Pos. | Name | from | Type |
DF | Giancarlo Cella | Piacenza | |
DF | Spartaco Landini | Palermo | |
DF | Oscar Righetti | Piacenza | loan |
MF | Marco Achilli | Livorno | |
FW | Alberto Reif | Hellas Verona |
Competitions
Serie A
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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3 | Torino | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
4 | Cagliari | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 39 | |
5 | Internazionale | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 36 | |
6 | Fiorentina | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 36 | |
7 | Roma | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 35 |
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, Classified to 1972–73 European Cup; = 1972–73 UEFA Cup; = Relegation to 1972–73 Serie B
Matches
3 October 1971 1 | Inter | 2 – 0 | Atalanta BC | Milano |
Mazzola ![]() Boninsegna ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Gialluisi |
17 October 1971 2 | Catanzaro | 0 – 2 | Inter | Catanzaro |
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Stadium: Stadio Militare Referee: Monti |
24 October 1971 3 | Inter | 4 – 1 | Hellas Verona | Milano |
S. Mazzola ![]() ![]() Bedin ![]() Boninsegna ![]() |
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Stadium: San Siro Referee: Pieroni (Roma) |
31 October 1971 4 | AS Roma | 3 – 1 | Inter | Roma |
La Rosa ![]() Cappellini ![]() Salvori ![]() |
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Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Angonese (Mestre) |
7 November 1971 5 | Inter | 2 – 0 | Torino | Milano |
Bertini ![]() Boninsegna ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Giunti (Arezzo) |
14 November 1971 6 | SSC Napoli | 0 – 0 | Inter | Napoli |
Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Lattanzi (Roma) |
28 November 1971 7 | Inter | 2 – 3 | Milan | Milano |
Ghio ![]() Boninsegna ![]() |
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Stadium: San Siro Referee: Lo Bello |
5 December 1971 8 | Bologna | 0 – 3 | Inter | Bologna |
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Stadium: Comunale Referee: Gonella |
19 December 1971 10 | Lanerossi Vicenza | suspd. | Inter | Vicenza |
Stadium: Romeo Menti Referee: Toselli | ||||
Note: Match suspended at 17' due to heavy fog with a 0-0 score. |
26 December 1971 11 | Fiorentina | 0 – 0 | Inter | Firenze |
Stadium: Comunale Referee: Monti |
6 January 1972 10 | Lanerossi Vicenza | 0 – 4 | Inter | Vicenza |
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Stadium: Romeo Menti Referee: Toselli (Cormons) | |||
Note: Match rescheduled from 19 December 1971 |
9 January 1972 13 | Inter | 4 – 4 | Sampdoria | Milano |
Boninsegna ![]() ![]() ![]() Corso ![]() |
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Stadium: San Siro Referee: Lattanzi |
16 January 1972 14 | Mantova | 1 – 6 | Inter | Mantova |
Dell'Angelo ![]() |
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Stadium: Danilo Martinelli Referee: Michelotti |
23 January 1972 15 | Inter | 2 – 0 | Varese | Milano |
Boninsegna ![]() Mazzola ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Branzoni (Pavia) |
30 January 1972 16 | Atalanta BC | 1 – 0 | Inter | Bergamo |
Moro ![]() |
Stadium: Comunale Referee: Serafino |
13 February 1972 18 | Hellas Verona | 2 – 0 | Inter | Verona |
Orazi ![]() Mariani ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Pieroni (Roma) |
20 February 1972 19 | Inter | 2 – 2 | AS Roma | Milano |
Jair ![]() Mazzola ![]() |
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Stadium: San Siro Referee: Angonese |
27 February 1972 20 | Torino | 2 – 1 | Inter | Torino |
P. Pulici ![]() Mazzola ![]() |
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Stadium: Comunale Referee: Toselli |
12 March 1972 21 | Inter | 2 – 0 | SSC Napoli | Milano |
Panzanato ![]() Giubertoni ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Lo Bello |
19 March 1972 22 | Milan | 1 – 1 | Inter | Milano |
Benetti ![]() |
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Stadium: San Siro Referee: Angonese (Mestre) |
26 March 1972 23 | Inter | 1 – 1 | Bologna | Milano |
Corso ![]() |
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Stadium: San Siro Referee: Giunti (Arezzo) |
1 April 1972 24[27] | Cagliari | 2 – 1 | Inter | Cagliari |
Riva ![]() Brugnera ![]() |
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Stadium: Sant'Elia Referee: Lo Bello (Siracusa) |
9 April 1972 25 | Inter | 2 – 1 | Lanerossi Vicenza | Milano |
Boninsegna ![]() Facchetti ![]() |
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Stadium: San Siro Referee: Trono |
16 April 1972 26 | Inter | 1 – 1 | Fiorentina | Milano |
Bedin ![]() |
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Stadium: San Siro Referee: Francescon |
7 May 1972 28 | Sampdoria | 0 – 0 | Inter | Genova |
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Referee: Michelotti (Parma) |
27 May 1972 30[27] | Varese | 0 – 3 | Inter | Varese |
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Stadium: Franco Ossola Referee: Panzino (Catanzaro) |
Coppa Italia
First round
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Internazionale | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 |
2 | Varese | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
3 | Como | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
4 | Brescia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Reggina | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |
Matches
29 August 1971 1 | Inter | 6 – 0 | Reggina | Milano |
Boninsegna ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bertini ![]() Jair ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Menegali |
5 September 1971 2 | Varese | 1 – 1 | Inter | Varese |
Borghi ![]() |
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Stadium: Franco Ossola Referee: Michelotti |
8 September 1971 3 | Como | 0 – 1 | Inter | Como |
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Stadium: Giuseppe Sinigaglia Referee: Branzoni |
19 September 1971 5 | Inter | 1 – 1 | Brescia | Milano |
Facchetti ![]() |
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Stadium: San Siro Referee: Serafino |
Second round
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ACM | TOR | INT | JUV | |
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1 | Milan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
2 | Torino | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
3 | Internazionale | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | |
4 | Juventus | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — |
4 June 1972 1 | Inter | 3 – 1 | Juventus | Milano |
Boninsegna ![]() ![]() Mazzola ![]() |
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Stadium: San Siro Referee: Giunti |
11 June 1972 3 | Inter | 3 – 0 | Torino | Milano |
Mazzola ![]() Corso ![]() Boninsegna ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Lattanzi |
25 June 1972 4 | Juventus | 2 – 1 | Inter | Torino |
Novellini ![]() ![]() |
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Stadium: Comunale Referee: Barbaresco |
European Cup
Round of 32
15 September 1971 1 | Inter ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | Milano |
21:00 (CEST) | Mazzola ![]() Facchetti ![]() Jair ![]() Boninsegna ![]() |
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Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 72,333 Referee: ![]() |
29 September 1971 2 | AEK Athens ![]() | 3 – 2 (4 – 6 agg.) | ![]() | Athens |
21:00 (CEST) | Ventouris ![]() Papaioannou ![]() Nikolaidis ![]() |
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Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 29,449 Referee: ![]() |
Eightfinals
20 October 1971 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach ![]() | 7 – 1 | ![]() | Mönchengladbach |
Heynckes ![]() Le Fevre ![]() Netzer ![]() Sieloff ![]() |
[1] | Boninsegna ![]() |
Stadium: Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach Attendance: 27,500 Referee: ![]() | |
Note: This game was annulled as Inter Forward Roberto Boninsegna was hit by a Coca-Cola can in the 29th minute.[2][3] The first leg game was replayed after the game that was originally scheduled to be second leg was played, thus the order of legs was switched. |
3 November 1971 1 | Inter ![]() | 4 – 2 | ![]() | Milano |
21:15 CET | Bellugi ![]() Boninsegna ![]() Jair ![]() Ghio ![]() |
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Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 60 000 Referee: ![]() |
1 December 1971 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() | Berlin |
20:15 CET | Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 86 000 Referee: ![]() |
Quarterfinals
8 March 1972 1 | Inter ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Milano |
21:15 CET | Jair ![]() |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: ![]() |
22 March 1972 2 | Standard Liège ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Liege |
22:00 CET | Cvetler ![]() Takač ![]() |
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Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: ![]() |
Semifinals
5 April 1972 1 | Inter ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() | Milano |
21:00 CEST | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 69 836 Referee: ![]() |
19 April 1972 2 | Celtic Glasgow ![]() | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p) | ![]() | Glasgow |
21:00 CEST | Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 75 124 Referee: ![]() | |||
Penalties | ||||
Deans ![]() Craig ![]() Johnstone ![]() McCluskey ![]() Murdoch ![]() |
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Note: During the shoot-out, teams had to take all five penalties even if they could no longer win (the shoot-out would otherwise have ended with a score of 5–3 as Inter went first). |
Final
31 May 1972 | Ajax ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Rotterdam |
20:30 CEST | Cruijff ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Feijenoord Stadion Attendance: 61 354 Referee: ![]() |
Statistics
Players statistics
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Serie A | Coppa | European Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() |
Lido Vieri | 16 | -15 | 16 | -15 | |||||
DF | ![]() |
Mauro Bellugi | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||||
DF | ![]() |
Tarcisio Burgnich | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||||
DF | ![]() |
Mario Giubertoni | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 | |||||
DF | ![]() |
Giacinto Facchetti | 27 | 4 | 27 | 4 | |||||
MF | ![]() |
Gabriele Oriali | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||||
MF | ![]() |
Gianfranco Bedin | 26 | 3 | 26 | 3 | |||||
MF | ![]() |
Mario Bertini | 24 | 4 | 23+1 | 4 | |||||
MF | ![]() |
Mario Corso | 29 | 2 | 29 | 2 | |||||
MF | ![]() |
Sandro Mazzola | 28 | 7 | 28 | 7 | |||||
FW | ![]() |
Roberto Boninsegna | 28 | 22 | 28 | 22 | |||||
GK | ![]() |
Ivano Bordon | 16 | -13 | 14+2 | -13 | |||||
FW | ![]() |
Jair da Costa | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | |||||
FW | ![]() |
Sergio Pellizzaro | 15 | 2 | 11+4 | 2 | |||||
MF | ![]() |
Mario Frustalupi | 20 | 1 | 9+11 | 1 | |||||
FW | ![]() |
Giampiero Ghio | 9 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | |||||
DF | ![]() |
Bernardino Fabbian | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | |||||
DF | ![]() |
Graziano Bini | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||||
MF | ![]() |
Evert Skoglund | |||||||||
FW | ![]() |
Roberto Dioni |
References
- ^ Bruno Bernardi (21 October 1971). "Guilty by a "Coca- Cola" Can" (in Italian). La Stampa. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Elio Trifari (12 April 2007). "Mazzola and the 1-7 of Inter: «I've got another can»". archiviostorico.gazzetta.it. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Oliviero Beha (8 June 1984). "My days as club President". la Repubblica]]. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Bruno Bernardi (21 October 1971). "The Referee will not change the final score" (in Italian). La Stampa. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Bruno Panzera (22 October 1972). "A Match to Forget" (PDF). l'Unità. Retrieved 5 November 2023.